Sterile Versus Nonsterile Gloves for Repair of Uncomplicated Lacerations in the Emergency Department: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 362-370

  Perelman, Vsevolod S ^a,f   Francis, Gregory J ^b   Rutledge, Tim ^a   Foote, John ^a   Martino, Frank ^c,d   Dranitsaris, George ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c William Osler Health Centre   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f NORTH YORK GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; LACERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL GLOVE; SUTURE REMOVAL; TELEPHONE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1442360584     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2003.09.008     Document Type: Article

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